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Roosevelt MFA Students: Alexander York, alum ('10)
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Thursday, January 15, 2009. Alexander York, alum ('10). Alexander York was born and raised in a small Ohio town, but currently lives in the city of Chicago. He received his BFA in Poetry from Bowling Green State University, where he was the winner of The Grandma Goda Poetry Award from Prairie Margins. Posted by Adam Morgan. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Award-Winning Literary Journal. The Writing Center's Unofficial Blog. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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Roosevelt MFA Students: Dee Hogan
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Thursday, September 8, 2011. Since Dee has genre ADD, she likes to fiddle with fiction styles, bouncing between prose pieces, screenplays, graphic novel scripts, and the occasional stage play. Basically, she wants to be Neil Gaiman when she grows up. Other modern writers she enjoys include Tamora Pierce, China Mieville, Haruki Murakami, and Mark Danielewski. Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. Between class and work, Dee collects hobbies, such as drawing Noses Off! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Roosevelt MFA Courses: Fall 2010 Courses
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Monday, March 8, 2010. Topics in Lit/Crit Theory. What does it mean to read a text? How do the perspectives we bring to reading shape and limit our understanding? This course will focus on one primary text and a wide range of theoretical materials; through intensive study and discussion, students will develop the tools necessary for graduate study in English, and will leave the course with a better sense of the critical and methodological frameworks they might bring to their future work in the discipline.
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The Roosevelt MFA Blog: Reasons To Walk Over To AUD 420 Today At 4:30pm:
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Monday, March 4, 2013. Reasons To Walk Over To AUD 420 Today At 4:30pm:. 4) You will be read to. 5) There's something comforting about that. 7) Lead young people to the valley of words and writing. 8) Meet a colleague. Put a face to an e-mail. 10) Save the world before supper time. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Jan 30- Michael Erand. Feb 16th- Regina Buccola. March 19- Albert Goldbarth. April 3- Scott Blackwood. April 9- Patrick Somerville. April 18- Eula Biss. The Award-Winning Literary Journal.
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Roosevelt MFA Students: Timothy Moore
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Sunday, November 14, 2010. Timothy Moore is an army brat and has traveled all across the United States. He remembers standing high on a glacier in Alaska, swarms of grasshoppers slamming against windows in Arizona, seemingly endless car rides from one part of the country to the next. He also blogs feverishly at. He is cool and has nice facial features, like his birthmark by his left eye. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Award-Winning Literary Journal. The Writing Center's Unofficial Blog.
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Roosevelt MFA Calendar: The Roosevelt Reading Series (2010-2011)
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Thursday, August 5, 2010. The Roosevelt Reading Series (2010-2011). The Roosevelt Reading Series is held in the. Across the street from Millenium Park in downtown Chicago. Unless noted otherwise, readings are from 5-6pm, with coffee and cake served at 4:30pm All readings are open to the public. Bruce Machart is the author of the novel, The Wake of Forgiveness, and a forthcoming collection of short stories entitled Men in the Making, due out from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2011. His fiction has been...
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RUMFAhandbook: MFA Candidate Requirements
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010. Elective in Literature, Writing Workshop, or Additional Internship. Four courses in Literature and Theory. Three Elective Workshops, at least ONE outside of specialty area. Three workshop courses in specialty area. Admission to fiction requires consent of the faculty upon review of a portfolio containing three pieces of fiction totaling at least 5,000 words, a resume of publications and readings, if applicable, and a statement of purpose. In this sequence of courses, students ...
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RUMFAhandbook: Everything Thesis!
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010. Deadlines by which letter-perfect thesis must be received in the Office of the Vice Provost:. December Graduation: November 1. May Graduation: April 1. September Graduation: August 1. Dates for 2008/09-please check graduate office site for updated info each year]. Here are some theses word-count/page guidelines for the MFA genres, based on common MFA program requirements and:. 34,000 words or 140 pages for Fiction/Creative Nonfiction. 60 pages for poetry. Submit the name of yo...
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The Roosevelt MFA Blog: Peggy Shinner!
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Peggy Shinner is reading to us in the Gage Gallery. Wednesday, April 3rd. 5pm. Please increase your wing span and think about the continents. We have to stick together,. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Jan 30- Michael Erand. Feb 16th- Regina Buccola. March 19- Albert Goldbarth. April 3- Scott Blackwood. April 9- Patrick Somerville. April 18- Eula Biss. The Award-Winning Literary Journal. The Writing Center's Unofficial Blog. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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The Roosevelt MFA Blog: Billy Lombardo Presents at The Gage!
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Thursday, March 21, 2013. Billy Lombardo Presents at The Gage! On Monday, March 25th,. Roosevelt's Visiting Writer Billy Lombardo will present to the MFA community in The Gage Gallery. In this talk on craft in fiction, Billy will address the Three Beginnings of Fiction: 1) the early life of the story: the germ of the idea whence the story is born; 2) the access intro; and 3) and the final intro. Posted by James Orbesen. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Jan 30- Michael Erand. Feb 16th- Regina Buccola.
